• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 27, 2010 →
• address48 Congress St, Boston 02109

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Is Equilibrium clean?

Equilibrium is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 27, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Equilibrium?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage

Equilibrium inspection and administrative history

Equilibrium has 9 inspections on record going back to November 17, 2006.

Equilibrium vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

Other spots in Downtown

• ✓ Sulgrave Inc.
  clean · November 17, 2014
• ✓ Hearthstone Associates
  clean · August 17, 2016
• ✓ The Bar Room
  clean · January 17, 2014
• ✓ Fresh Fruit Bouquet Company
  clean · May 7, 2008
• ✓ Bally Total Fitness
  clean · December 16, 2011
• ✓ O Deli
  clean · April 30, 2008

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 27, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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